The Just Thought I'd Share Thread

[Nikolaj]

Artemis,
Please accept my sincere 'thank you' for your wonderfully descriptive and patient reply, it was so interesting to read. I realize it required you to be generous in giving of your time to respond in such detail, and I appreciate it very much.
If you are open to 3 more questions; it would be lovely of you to indulge me, if you are not, please disregard the following. I won't bombard you with future inquiries.

1. I'm curious about 'shop hours' of stores; and for some reason, wonder about food stores, you know, supermarkets, grocery stores, whatever the term would be there. Are any open for business at midnight, or 24 hours a day? Are there any large grocery 'chains' of stores, like in the US, we have Safeway, Stop N Shop and quite a few, really, depending on the locale.
As for department stores, I have heard of Harrod's, of course, but wonder if you have the store Target there, or Macy's or Lord and Taylor?

2. Are taxi-cabs plentiful, or are there 'drivers' for hire, for Americans who maybe feel nervous about being capable of driving properly in your country?
3. Would you advise of 2 areas to avoid, because of them being dangerous?

Thank you, again, Artemis, your reply made my night!